NGC 3628 is a well-studied starburst/low level AGN galaxy in the Leo
Triplet noted for its extensive outgassed plumes of neutral hydrogen. QSOs
are shown to be concentrated around NGC 3628 and aligned with the HI
plumes. The closest high redshift quasar has and is at the
tip of an X–ray filament emerging along the minor axis HI plume. Location
at this point has an accidental probability of ~. In
addition a coincident chain of optical objects coming out along the
minor axis ends on this quasar. More recent measures on a pair of strong X–ray sources situated at 3.2 and
5.4 arcmin on either side of NGC 3628 along its minor axis, reveal that
they have nearly identical redshifts of and 0.981. The
closer quasar lies directly in the same X–ray filament which extends from
the nucleus out 4.1 arcmin to end on the quasar of . The chain of objects SW along the minor axis of NGC 3628 has been imaged in
four colours with the VLT. Images and spectra of individual objects within
the filament are reported. It is suggested that material in various
physical states and differing intrinsic redshifts is ejected out along the
minor axis of this active, disturbed galaxy.

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